The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-29


put q rag on bush 10 notify her; have n
recollection Of any special letter on ths
Monday; didn't get any letter for her tina
day and as ! testified yesterday told he
about her fellow going back on her.
|, THE BIBLE AND CANDLE. z.
Regarding W. Med. Miller's teatimon,
as to the axe, Baker said Miller asked /
the axe was kept In the kitchen and h,
replied, mo, In the out.house." Confirm
Ing, Baker said Mrs. McWha sometime
took nap In the afternoon; when moth
Ing was going on In tho sitting room sb,
would lie down on the foot OF the bed ius
as saw her on the bed that Monday
when no one was In to interrupt her "a,
would 20 to the parloriand lie on the sofa
Mrs. Baker looked after tho chickens
big coop was left open and the chick
ems would 70 In, then sho would clost
the door; the little chickena were In sep
arate coop and came out at will; or
Tuesday morning ! let thshbig ones GU,
myself; after Squire Lee fastened the
house, ] said 10 Thomas Gardner, one oil
the guards, would let the chickens out
he said 20 ahead and l did go; usually
locked the kitchen door myself; can't soy
whether fastened or not this Tuesday, but
saw the key in usual place when SQUIRE
Lee asked for the other key. that morning 4;
noticed stand with candlestick and candle
hall burned out on 1t; also Testament on
the table; was the women's habit to read
several chapters every night; this was al.
ways done in the sitting room and was o..
pecially 90 since the baby died; would
read consecutively and had got to Rave.
lation; when reading had the lamp on
the stand, and when done the lamp would
be taken TO our room and Mrs. McWha
would light candle for herself.
THE "BLooDY" COLLAR.
Baker declared that he never tried To
get away, and that when Constable Camp.
nsll came up to him and informed him
mat he was under arrest he held out his
hands for him to put the handcuiIa on.
He further declared that he did not make
use OF the expression: "My God you are
not going to arrest me for that crime"
de said that he did not know anything
about the collar with the blood spots on
referred to, but that sometimes he wore
celluloid collar. d \ 2257i
MIR. Moore here moved to strike out the
testimony about the collar, on the ground
that the State had not proved the owner.
ship OF the collar; Mr.. Hutchinson object.
ed and the Court sustained him. Court
then adjourned for dinner.
In the afternoon Baker resumed the
stand. He said: never told Caldwell
my vile and her mother were damned
mlsets, except in this way: Mr.. Caldwell
was drunk, and I agreed with bis whims,
DE said they were damned misere, and l
only agreed with him because did not
want to fight with him. l never told Mr.,
Weaver that my wife and her mother were
darhed misers. l did not tell Davis and
Two companions who rented the stable
not to come to the house, in order to keep
them away from the McWha house that
afternoon. I told MIR. Brown, Of the
Independent, that his account of the muir
der was the fullest and the most correct
one OF all the papers. Mr.. Knox was
mistaken in Caeparts's meeting us in the
forenoon; 1t was in the afternoon he came
aiopg. was examined twice before the
Cofoner's jury, on Tuesday about 1 o'clock
and on Wednesday evening late.
A FLAT DENIAL.
Baker closed his testimony in chief by
the solemn declaration, II did no. kill my
wife and mother.in.law. on the 9th Of May,
1887, God being my Witness"
Mr. McSweeney then began the cross.
examination. In answer to his questions
Baker said he was born November 4. 1910.
suppose you had killed your wife and
her mother" eaid MIR. insurgency,
wv. a! !, 70 you come here and confess that
!.
do you know what would be the con.
II do..n ~
You know, also, that there 10 an in.
dlctment against you for killing your wife,
Mrs. Baker," '.52'7,7. : So
eyes,"
"HaYe you considered what would be
the effect upon your trial on that indict.
ment OF an acquittal on this trial ~.
- have not, to any great extent"
ton ?" -. 80 = us
~ have"
When the Attorney for the State asked
the prisoner whether he would tell the
truth il he had. killed the women.
he momentarily lost Lis self control and
exhibited more confusion than at any
otner point in his testimony, but in a
minute be regained his self control and
resumed his calm exterior, and commenced
MS response by saying ii he had killed
them in Relf.defense he would not crimi.
nate himself by a confeBaion, but that
when he aaid he had not killed them II
was true, and in response to tho retort of
my testimony 49, % e,
DID you. at the Commercial House,
liz North Third street, Steubenville, O.,
ever engage in game Of poker playing %
Defence objected; overruled.
said that was all lie from end to |
end-hls testimony was lie from end to |
end. remember one name he gave
Herald; / know him; don't know any
house by the name OF the Commercial.
have no recollection OF playing poker in
8 hotel In Steubenville last fall; can't say | |
did not, but have no recollection of it.
was in tina. house (Herald's housed, last
TALL year. never asked johnson to ad.
vance $40 on q s25 coupon last October.
l started west for Steubenville on the
morning Of the 7th Of October laat at one |
o'clock; stayed all the night at my sons |
house until started on the cars, 55f
Il About 0 o'clock Monday the three men |
came hrst, who wanted the stable il they
got work. They came back about IL
Q ciock and closed the bargain about halt
past - or l o'clock. Mrs. McWha, INV
and all took part in the bargaining.
THREE SUSPICIOUS MEN.
About two o'clock three man came to
rent three cornered lot for boarding
house, one had India ink on his left
wrist. One was large man, say ITO
pounds, aged % to 80 years, might bo
more; he did the talking. He had SANDY |
complexion, sandy mustachs, was six feet |
tall, or nearly 80; mustache cut square |